When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different.
I'm not a fan of Twitter.
So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.
You'll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that here with Meryl Streep.
I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.
Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.
I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.
You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them.
I don't avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.
Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.
Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.
My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.
I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.
In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'
I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.
I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out.
